Running into History

VOLUME 13 | First proposed by black educators and students at Kent State University in 1969 and officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, Black History Month celebrates vital achievements in the face of adversity. The annual tribute has taken exceptional men and women ‘…from mortal to hero to idol’, as The New York Times said in ‘Everyday Excellence’, but then asked, what of the many exceptional others whose stories are less well known?